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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 7230
United States National Museum. Department of Geology
Biographical File, 1862-1927 and undated
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General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | United States National Museum. Department of Geology |
Title: | Biographical File |
Dates: | 1862-1927 and undated |
Quantity: | 9.5 cu. ft. (19 document boxes) |
Collection: | Record Unit 7230 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This biographical file was maintained by the United States National Museum's Department of Geology and several of its curators. Included in the file are biographies, obituaries, memoirs, and memorial service programs and addresses of prominent scientists, particularly American geologists and paleontologists, as well as some notable Smithsonian Institution personnel. Also included are newspaper feature stories about geologists and their important geological discoveries or contributions to their field of study. Many of the publications include published prints or an occasional photograph of the subject. Also attached by the Department to some of the publications is correspondence, 1836-1958, usually written by the subject. |
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This biographical file was maintained by the United States National Museum's Department of Geology and several of its curators. Included in the file are biographies, obituaries, memoirs, and memorial service programs and addresses of prominent scientists, particularly American geologists and paleontologists, as well as some notable Smithsonian Institution personnel. Also included are newspaper feature stories about geologists and their important geological discoveries or contributions to their field of study. Many of the publications include published prints or an occasional photograph of the subject. Also attached by the Department to some of the publications is correspondence, 1836-1958, usually written by the subject.
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7230, United States National Museum. Department of Geology, Biographical File
Container List
Box 1
Folder 1 Abbe, Cleveland. Includes letter to Charles E. Munroe, October 26, 1896.
Folder 2 Abbot, Charles G.
Folder 3 Abbot, Henry Larcom.
Folder 4 Abbott, Charles Conrad. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 12, 1876.
Folder 5 Abel, Othenio.
Folder 6 Adams, Charles Baker.
Folder 7 Agassiz, Alexander. Includes published letters to Hon. Marshall McDonald, United States Commissioner of Fish and Fisheries, March 14, 1891; April 14, 1891; and April 25, 1891.
Folder 8 Agassiz, Louis Jean. Includes published letter to Benjamin Peirce, superintendent, United States Coast Survey, December 2, 1891.
Ahiers, Francis Henry. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 9 Aldrich, John Merton.
Folder 10 Almera, Jaume.
Folder 11 Anderson, Frank Marion.
Folder 12 Angelin, Nils Peter.
Folder 13 Angell, James.
Folder 14 Armstrong, Edwin James.
Folder 15 Ashburner, Charles Albert.
Folder 16 Austin, George M.
Folder 17 Baird, Spencer F. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, November 15, 1876; Joseph Henry, April 15, ? ; and Mr. Edwards, April 24, 1884.
Baker, Herbert Arthur. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 18 Baker, Marcus.
Ball, Francis Matthew. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 19 Bancroft, John Bevis Beeston.
Folder 20 Barker, George Frederick. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, September 17, 1884.
Folder 21 Barlow, Alfred Ernest.
Folder 22 Barnard, Edward Emerson.
Folder 23 Barrande, Joachim.
Folder 24 Barrell, Joseph.
Folder 25 Barrois, Charles.
Folder 26 Bartlett, William H. C.
Folder 27 Bartsch, Paul.
Folder 28 Bassler, Ray S.
Folder 29 Bather, Francis Arthur.
Folder 30 Baur, Georg Herman.
Folder 31 Bausch, Edward and William Bausch.
Box 2
Beasley, Cyril George. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 1 Becker, George Ferdinand. Includes letter to Dr. Barus, August 1, 1900, and an anonymous correspondent, July 1, 1900.
Folder 2 Beecher, Charles Emerson. Includes letter to Charles Schuchert, May 12, 1899.
Folder 3 Beede, Joshua William.
Folder 4 Beesley, Thomas.
Folder 5 Bekkar, Hendrik.
Folder 6 Bell, Alexander Melville.
Folder 7 Bell, Robert.
Bell, William David. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 8 Benjamin, Marcus.
Folder 9 Berthelot, Marcelin.
Folder 10 Bertrand, Marcel.
Folder 11 Beyrich, Ernst.
Folder 12 Bidwell, John.
Folder 13 Billings, Elkanah. Includes letter to Edward Orton, May 7, 1872.
Folder 14 Billings, John Shaw. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, January 13, 1885, and Dr. Becker, December 20, 1909.
Folder 15 Billings, Walter R.
Folder 16 Bishop, Heber Reginald.
Folder 17 Blake, John Hopwood.
Folder 18 Blake, William Phipps. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, July 3, 1895.
Folder 19 Blandy, John Frederic. Includes letter to William P. Blake, July 13, 1875.
Folder 20 Bleicher, Marie-Gustave.
Folder 21 Boltwood, Bertram Borden.
Folder 22 Bombicci, Ruigi.
Folder 23 Bonney, Thomas George. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 13, 1879.
Folder 24 Booth, James Curtis. Includes manuscript on "Benefits resulting from the Survey," undated.
Folder 25 Borg, Folk.
Boulton, William Savage. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 26 Bowditch, Henry Pickering. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 27 Bowen, Norman Levi.
Folder 28 Bownocker, John Adams.
Folder 29 Brady, Henry Bowman.
Folder 30 Branner, John Casper.
Folder 31 Brashear, John Alfred.
Folder 32 Breasted, James Henry.
Folder 33 Brewer, William H.
Folder 34 Bridge, Thomas William.
Folder 35 Brigham, Albert Perry.
Folder 36 Brinton, Daniel G.
Folder 37 Broadhead, Garland Carr. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, April 1899.
Folder 38 Brock, Reginald Walter.
Folder 39 Brooks, Alfred H.
Folder 40 Brooks, Thomas Benton.
Folder 41 Brooks, William Keith.
Box 3
Folder 1 Brown, Amos Peaslee.
Folder 2 Brown, Ernest William.
Folder 3 Brown, Roland Wilbur.
Folder 4 Brown, S. C.
Folder 5 Bruce, Archibald.
Folder 6 Brush, George Jarvis. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 7 Buch, Leopold von.
Folder 8 Buckland, Frank.
Folder 9 Buckman, Sidney Savory.
Folder 10 Burchard, Ernest F.
Butterley, Donald. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 11 Bybee, Halbert Pleasant. Includes letter from Mrs. Ruth Bybee to Dr. Cumings, July 17, 1958.
Folder 12 Cadwalader, John Lambert.
Folder 13 Cahn, Lazard.
Folder 14 Calvin, Samuel.
Folder 15 Campbell, Guy.
Folder 16 Canfield, Frederick Alexander.
Folder 17 Canu, Ferdinand.
Folder 18 Capellini, Giovanni.
Folder 19 Carmichael, Leonard.
Folder 20 Carpenter, Franklin R.
Folder 21 Carty, John Joseph.
Folder 22 Caswell, Alexis.
Folder 23 Chadwick, George Halcott.
Folder 24 Chamberlin, Rollin Thomas.
Folder 25 Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder.
Folder 26 Chandler, Charles Frederick.
Folder 27 Chaney, Ralph Works.
Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 28 Chittenden, Russell H.
Folder 29 Clark, Austin H.
Folder 30 Clark, Charles Upson.
Folder 31 Clark, John Willis.
Folder 32 Clark, William Bullock.
Folder 33 Clarke, Frank Wigglesworth
Folder 34 Clarke, John Mason.
Folder 35 Claypole, Edward Waller.
Clayton, Patrick Andrew. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 36 Cleaveland, Parker.
Folder 37 Cleland, Herdman Fitzgerald.
Folder 38 Cobbold, Edgar Sterling.
Folder 39 Cockerell, Theodore D. A.
Folder 40 Coffin, John Huntington Crane. Includes letter to Prof. Hall, April 26, 1886.
Folder 41 Comstock, Cyrus Ballou.
Folder 42 Comstock, George C.
Folder 43 Comstock, Theodore Bryant. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, June 29, 1876.
Folder 44 Conkling, Alfred R.
Folder 45 Conrad, Timothy Abbott.
Folder 46 Conybeare, William Daniel.
Box 4
Folder 1 Cook, George Hammell. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, July 16, 1887.
Folder 2 Cooke, C. Wyeth.
Folder 3 Cooper, Byron Nelson.
Folder 4 Cooper, G. Arthur.
Folder 5 Cooper, Thomas. Includes letter from Ernest A. Viulleumier to Edgar F. smith, December 13, 1923.
Folder 6 Cope, Edward Drinker. Includes letter to George Brown Goode, April 10, 1899, and a biographical manuscript fragment.
Folder 7 Costa Sena, Joaquim Candido.
Folder 8 Cottrell, Frederick Gardner.
Folder 9 Coues, Elliott.
Folder 10 Cox, Edward Travers.
Folder 11 Coxe, Eckley B. Includes letter to Ben. W. Austin, December 3, 1894.
Folder 12 Cozzens, Issachar, Jr.
Folder 13 Crafts, James Mason.
Folder 14 Crane, Will Edwin.
Folder 15 Crookes, Sir William.
Folder 16 Crosby, William Otis.
Folder 17 Cumings, Edgar Roscoe.
Folder 18 Curie, Marie Sklodowska.
Folder 19 Curtis, George Carroll.
Folder 20 Cushing, Henry Platt.
Folder 21 D'Achiardi, Antonio.
Folder 22 Dall, William H.
Folder 23 Daly, Reginald Aldworth.
Folder 24 Dana, Edward Salisbury.
Folder 25 Dana, James Dwight. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, January 22, 1875.
Folder 26 Dana, Samuel Luther.
Folder 27 Darton, Nelson Horatio.
Folder 28 Daubree, G. Auguste.
Folder 29 Davidson, Thomas
Davis, Arthur George. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 30 Davis, William Morris.
Folder 31 Dawaon, George M. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, April 7, 1896.
Folder 32 Dawson, John William. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, February 5, 1883 (?).
Box 5
Folder 1 Deane, James.
Folder 2 Dechen, Heinrich von.
Folder 3 Decker, Charles Elijah.
Folder 4 DeGolyer, Everette Lee.
Folder 5 DeKovinck, Laurent-Guillaume.
Folder 6 Delesse, Achille-Ernest-Oscar-Joseph. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 14, 1879.
Folder 7 DeLesseps, Viscount Ferdinand.
Folder 8 Delgado, Joaquim Felippe Nery da Encarnacao
Folder 9 Derby, Orville Adelbert.
Dinham, Charles Hawker. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 10 Dodge, William Earl.
Folder 11 Doelter y Cisterich, Cornelio.
Folder 12 Dohrn, Anton.
Folder 13 Dolomieu, Deodat.
Folder 14 Dormal, Victor.
Folder 15 Drevermann, Fritz.
Folder 16 Duane, William.
Folder 17 Duncan, Peter Martin.
Durham, Thomas Stanley. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 18 Du Toit, Alexander Logie.
Folder 19 Dutton, Clarence Edward. Includes letters to O. T. Mason, May 11, 1892, and ? Becker, September 26, 1885.
Folder 20 Dwight, William Buck.
Folder 21 Dyche, D. T. D.
Folder 22 Eakle, Arthur Starr.
Folder 23 Eaton, Amos.
Eccles, James Roland. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 24 Edison, Thomas Alva.
Edwards, Wilfred Norman. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 25 Egerton, William Henry.
Folder 26 Eimbeck, William.
Folder 27 Eldridge, George Homans. Includes letter to ? Becker, December 15, 1896.
Folder 28 Emerson, Benjamin Kendall.
Folder 29 Emmons, Ebenezer.
Folder 30 Emmons, Samuel Franklin. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, June 20, 1897, January 30, 1905, and August 16, ?; and, Whitman Cross to Merrill, January 26, 1927.
Folder 31 Endlich, Frederick M.
Folder 32 Engelmann, George
Box 6
Folder 1 Etheridge, Robert. Includes letter to ? Woodward, January 8, 1886.
Folder 2 Ettingshausen, Constantin Freiherr von.
Fallot, Paul. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 3 Farlow, William Gilson.
Folder 4 Favre, Ernest.
Folder 5 Featherstonhaugh, George William.
Folder 6 Ferasin, Francesco.
Folder 7 Fernald, Charles Henry.
Folder 8 Fewkes, J. Walter.
Field, Richard Montgomery. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 9 Fischer, Henri.
Folder 10 Fisher, Albert Kenrick.
Folder 11 Fisher, Osmond.
Folder 12 Fletcher, Sir Lazarus.
Folder 13 Floyd, Sergeant Charles.
Folder 14 Foerste, August F.
Folder 15 Foote, Albert E.
Folder 16 Forbes, Stephan Alfred
Folder 17 Ford, William Ebenezer
Folder 18 Foshag, William F.
Folder 19 Foster, Sir Clement LeNeve.
Folder 20 Fox-Strangeway, Charles Edward.
Folder 21 Fraipont, Charles de
Folder 22 Frazer, Persifor.
Folder 23 Freeman, John Ripley.
Freire d' Andrade, Carlos Bento. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 24 Friedel, Charles.
Folder 25 Friedel, Georges.
Folder 26 Fritsch, Karl Freiherr von.
Folder 27 Fuchs, Leonhard.
Folder 28 Fuller, Melville Weston.
Folder 29 Gabb, William More.
Folder 30 Galloway, Jesse James.
Folder 31 Gannett, Henry.
Folder 32 Gardner, Julia Anna.
Folder 33 Gatschet, Albert Samuel.
Folder 34 Gaudry, Jean Albert.
Folder 35 Geare, Randolph Iltyd.
Folder 36 Geikie, Archibald.
Folder 37 Geinitz, Hanns Bruno.
Folder 38 Genth, Frederick Augustus.
Folder 39 Gesner, Abraham.
Folder 40 Gibbs, Josiah Willard.
Folder 41 Gibbs, Oliver Wolcott.
Folder 42 Gidley, James W.
Box 7
Folder 1 Gilbert, Grove Karl. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, January 4, 189(?).
Folder 2 Gill, Theodore Nicholas. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, February 23, 1912, and J. (?) Hall, March 8, 1865.
Folder 3 Gilman, Daniel Coit.
Folder 4 Gilmore, Charles W.
Folder 5 Girty, George Herbert.
Folder 6 Goldschmidt, Victor.
Folder 7 Gooch, Frank Austin.
Folder 8 Goodale, George Lincoln.
Folder 9 Goode, George Brown. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, September 29, (?).
Folder 10 Gorgas, William Crawford.
Folder 11 Gosselet, Jules.
Folder 12 Gould, Benjamin Apthorp. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Gourley, Harold John Frederick. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 13 Grabau, Amadeus.
Grabham, George Walter. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 14 Gratacap, Louis Pope.
Folder 15 Green, William Lowthian
Folder 16 Greene, George K.
Folder 17 Gregory, John Walter.
Folder 18 Groth, Paul.
Folder 19 Guppy, Robert John Lechmere.
Folder 20 Haeckel, Ernst.
Folder 21 Hague, Arnold.
Folder 22 Hague, James Duncan. Includes letter to (?) Blake, May 8, 1876.
Haig, David Salusbury. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 23 Hale, Kelly.
Folder 24 Hall, Asaph.
Folder 25 Hall, James. Includes letters from John M. Clarke to Charles D. Walcott, September 30, 1899, and Ira Remsen to Walcott, December 9, 1898.
Hall, Thomas Clifford Fitzwilliam. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 26 Halstead, William Stewart.
Folder 27 Harkness, William.
Folder 28 Harpe, Phillippe de la.
Box 8
Folder 1 Harris, Gilbert Dennison.
Folder 2 Harris, Israel H.
Folder 3 Hartt, Charles Frederic
Folder 4 Hass, Wilbert Henry.
Folder 5 Hatcher, John Bell.
Folder 6 Hauer, Franz V.
Folder 7 Hawn, Frederick.
Folder 7A Hay, Oliver Perry
Folder 8 Hayden, Ferdinand Vandeveer.
Folder 9 Hayes, Charles Willard.
Folder 10 Hebert, Edmond.
Folder 11 Hector, Sir James.
Folder 12 Heer, Oswald.
Folder 13 Heilprin, Angelo. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, May 26, 1892.
Folder 14 Heim, Albert
Folder 15 Henderson, Yandell.
Folder 16 Henry, Joseph.
Henson, Frederick Arthur. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 17 Herrick, Charles Judson.
Folder 18 Herrick, Clarence Luther.
Folder 19 Herschel, Caroline Lucretia.
Heslop, Mary Kingdon. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 20 Hewitt, Abram Stevens. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, January 26, 1876.
Folder 21 Hibbard, Raymond R.
Hickling, Henry George Albert. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 22 Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar.
Folder 23 Hilgard, Julius Erasmus.
Folder 24 Hill, George William.
Folder 25 Hill, Robert Thomas
Folder 26 Hillebrand, William F.
Hinton, Martin Alister Campbell. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 27 Hirschwald, Julius.
Folder 28 Hitchcock, Edward.
Folder 29 Hodge-Smith, Thomas.
Folder 30 Holden, Edward Singleton. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, January 31, 1885.
Folder 31 Holden, Frank E.
Folder 32 Hollister, Ned.
Folder 33 Holm, Gerhard.
Folder 34 Holmes, Joseph Austin. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 11, 1904.
Folder 35 Holmes, William Henry.
Folder 36 Holub, Karl.
Box 9
Folder 1 Hooker, Joseph Dalton.
Folder 2 Hopkins, Archibald.
Folder 3 Hopkins, Mark.
Folder 4 Horne, John.
Folder 5 Hotchkiss, Jed. V.
Folder 6 Houghton, Douglass.
Folder 7 Hovey, Edmund Otis.
Folder 8 Howard, Leland Ossian.
Folder 9 Howe, Henry Marion.
Folder 10 Howell, Henry Hyatt.
Folder 11 Hubbard, Gardiner Greene.
Huddleston, Albert. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 12 Hudson, George H.
Folder 13 Huggins, Sir William.
Folder 14 Hunt, Thomas Sterry.
Folder 15 Huxley, Thomas Henry.
Folder 16 Hyatt, Alpheus. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, April 15, 1876.
Folder 17 Iles, Malvern Wells.
Folder 18 Irving, Roland Duer.
Folder 19 Jackson, Charles Thomas.
Folder 20 Jahn, Jaroslav Jilji.
Folder 21 James, Uriah Pierson.
Folder 22 Jefferson, Thomas.
Folder 23 Jenks, John W. P. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, November 6, 1875.
Folder 24 Jesup, Morris Ketchum.
Folder 25 Johnson, John Butler.
Folder 26 Johnson, Samuel William.
Johnston, Mary Sophia. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 27 Jones, Thomas Rupert.
Folder 28 Jordan, David Starr. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, January 4, 1886.
Folder 29 Julien, Alexis Anastay. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, February 20, 1889.
Folder 30 Julien, Jean Baptiste.
Box 10
Folder 1 Kaiser, Friedrich Wilhelm Erich.
Folder 2 Kaufmann, Rudolf.
Keiller, Alexander. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 3 Kellogg, A. Remington.
Folder 4 Kemp, James Furman.
Folder 5 Kenna, John Edward.
Folder 6 Kerr, Washington Caruthers. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, September 23 (?), 1884.
Folder 7 Kettner, Radim.
Folder 8 Keyes, Charles Rollin.
Folder 9 Kiaer, Johan.
Folder 10 Kinahan, George Henry. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, January 17, 1890.
Folder 11 Kindle, Edward M.
Folder 12 King, Clarence. Includes letters to ? Becker, undated, and Fielding B. Meek, March 9, ?.
Folder 13 King, William Bernard Robinson.
Folder 14 Klein, Joann Friedrich Carl. Includes a note by Klein, undated.
Folder 15 Kluge, Hermann Augustus.
Folder 16 Knight, James Brookes.
Folder 17 Knowlton, Frank Hall.
Folder 17A Kobayashi, Teiichi
Folder 18 Koenen, Adolf von.
Folder 19 Koken, Ernst.
Folder 20 Kolliker, Rudolph Albert von.
Folder 21 Koninck, Laurent-Guillaume de.
Folder 22 Kunz, George Frederick.
Folder 23 Lacaze-Duthiers, Henri de.
Folder 24 Lacoe, Ralph Dupuy.
Folder 25 Ladd, William. Includes letter to Rev. Elijah Jones, January 13, 1836.
Folder 26 Laflamme, Joseph Clovis K.
Folder 27 Lane, Alfred.
Folder 28 Langley, Samuel P. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, March 27, 1897.
Folder 29 Lankester, Edwin Ray.
Folder 30 Lapham, Increase Allen.
Folder 31 Lapparent, Albert de.
Folder 32 Lapworth, Charles.
Folder 33 Larsen, Esper Signius, Jr. See also under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 34 Lasaulx, Arnold von.
Folder 35 Laufer, Berthold.
Folder 36 Lea, Isaac.
Folder 37 Lea, Mathew Carey.
Box 11
Folder 1 LeConte, John Lawrence.
Folder 2 LeConte, Joseph.
Lees, George Martin. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 3 Leidy, Joseph. Includes letters to Spencer F. Baird, October 15, 1883, and James Hall, April 26, 1871.
Folder 4 Leith, Charles Kenneth. See also under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 5 Lesley, John Peter. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 17, 1862, April 7, 1866, and December 31, 1878; and Edward V. D'Invilliers to George P. Merrill, July 23, 1906.
Folder 6 Lesquereux, Charles Leo. Includes letter to Lester F. Ward, September 30, 1882.
Folder 7 Leverett, Frank.
Folder 8 Lewis, Henry Carvill.
Folder 9 Lewis, James Frederick.
Folder 10 Lieber, Francis.
Folder 11 Liljevall, Georg.
Folder 12 Lindgren, Waldemar.
Folder 13 Lindstrom, Gustaf.
Folder 14 Linnarsson, Jonas Gustaf Oskar.
Folder 15 Linne', Carl von.
Lisson, Carlos I. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Little, Otway Henry. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 16 Locke, John,
Folder 17 Lockwood, Samuel.
Folder 18 Logan, William Edmond.
Folder 19 Logan, William Newton.
Folder 20 Longchamps, Selys.
Folder 21 Longstreth, Miers Fisher.
Folder 22 Longwell, Chester Ray.
Folder 23 Lotti, Bernardino.
Folder 24 Loughlin, Gerald Francis.
Folder 25 Lovering, Joseph.
Folder 26 Lowe, Ephraim Noble.
Folder 27 Lucas, Anthony F.
Folder 28 Lull, Richard S.
Folder 29 Luther, S. Dana.
Folder 30 Lyell, Charles.
Box 12
Folder 1 Macfarlane, James.
MacGregor, Alexander Miers. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 2 Mackie, William.
Folder 3 Maclure, William.
MacMillan, William Edward Frank. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
MacRobert, Rachel Workman. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 4 Madigan, Cecil Thomas.
Folder 5 Maillard, Gustave.
Folder 6 Mall, Franklin Paine.
Folder 7 Mallery, Garrick.
Folder 8 Malott, Clyde Arnett.
Folder 9 Mann, William M.
Folder 10 Marble, John Putnam.
Folder 11 Marcy, Oliver. Includes letter to Dr. Sheppard, October 7, 1898.
Folder 12 Marsh, Othniel Charles. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, December 18, 1885.
Folder 13 Marshall, Patrick.
Folder 14 Martelli, Alessandro.
Martin, Edgar Charles. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 15 Marvine, Archibald R.
Folder 16 Mason, Max.
Folder 17 Mason, Otis Tufton. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, August 12, ?.
Folder 18 Mather, William Williams.
Folder 19 Matthew, William D.
Folder 20 Mayer, Alfred Marshall. Includes letter to William Jones Rhees, December 8, 1884.
Mayo-Smith, Richard. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 21 Mayor, Alfred Goldsborough.
McCall, James. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 22 McEwan, Eula Davis.
Folder 23 McGee, William John. Includes letters to Spencer F. Baird, November 28, 1884; Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 21, 1877; and, George P. Merrill, January 24, 1885.
McMath, John Charles. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 24 Mearns, Edgar Alexander.
Folder 25 Meek, Fielding B. Includes letters to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 6, 1855, and February 15, 1876.
Folder 26 Meli, Romolo.
Folder 27 Meltzer, Samuel Jones.
Folder 28 Melville, George W.
Folder 29 Mendel, Lafayette Benedict.
Folder 30 Mendenhall, Charles Elwood.
Folder 31 Mendenhall, Thomas Corwin.
Folder 32 Mercalli, Giuseppe.
Folder 32A Merriam, John Campbell
Folder 33 Merrill, George P. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, October 20, 1921.
Folder 34 Meunier, Stanislas.
Folder 35 Miller, Hugh.
Folder 36 Miller, Samuel A.
Folder 37 Minot, Charles Sedgwick.
Folder 38 Miser, Hugh Dinsmore.
Folder 39 Mitchell, Elisha.
Folder 40 Mitchell, Samuel Latham.
Folder 41 Moberg, Johan Christian.
Box 13
Folder 1 Moissan, Henri.
Folder 2 Montgomery, Thomas Harrison, Jr.
Folder 3 Moodie, Roy Lee.
Folder 4 Moore, Charles.
Folder 5 Moore, Eliakim Hastings.
Folder 6 Morgan, Lewis Henry.
Folder 7 Morley, Edward Williams.
Folder 8 Morse, Edward Sylvester.
Folder 9 Morse, Harmon Northrop.
Folder 10 Morse, Paul Franklin.
Folder 11 Morton, Henry.
Folder 12 Mugge, Johann Otto Konrad.
Folder 13 Murchison, Roderick Impey.
Folder 14 Murray, Sir John.
Folder 15 Neff, Peter.
Folder 16 Nettelroth, Henry.
Folder 17 Neviani, Antonio.
Folder 18 Newberry, John Strong.
Folders 19-20 Newcomb, Simon. Includes letter to Becker, undated.
Folder 21 Newland, David Hale.
Folder 22 Newton, Hubert Anson.
Folder 23 Newton, Isaac.
Folder 24 Nichols, Ernest Fox.
Folder 25 Nickles, John Milton.
Folder 26 Niggli, Paul.
Folder 27 Niles, William Harmon. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, December 21, 1877.
Folder 28 Noe, Adolf Carl.
Folder 29 Nordenskiold, Nils Adolf Erik. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, November 9, 1876.
Folder 30 Norwood, Charles Joseph.
Folder 31 Nuttall, Thomas.
Box 14
Obruchev, Vladimir Afanasievich. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Ockenden, Maurice Albion. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 1 Oehlert, Daniel P.
Folder 2 Olmsted, Denison.
Folder 3 Orton, Edward.
Folder 4 Osborn, Henry Fairchild.
Folder 5 Osburn, Raymond Carroll.
Folder 6 Owen, David Dale.
Folder 7 Owen, Richard - of Indiana.
Folder 8 Owen, Richard - of London.
Folder 9 Packard, Alpheus Spring.
Folder 10 Palmer, Dorothy Kemper.
Folder 11 Palmer, Ernest Jesse.
Folder 12 Palmer, Theodore Sherman.
Folder 13 Parks, William Arthur.
Folder 14 Parry, Charles Christopher.
Folder 15 Peale, Albert Charles.
Folder 16 Peale, Titian Ramsay.
Folder 17 Peary, Robert Edwin.
Folder 18 Peirce, Benjamin Osgood.
Folder 19 Penck, Walther.
Folder 20 Penfield, Samuel Lewis.
Folder 21 Pengelly, William.
Folder 22 Penrose, Richard Alexander Fullerton, Jr.
Folder 23 Percival, James Gates.
Folder 24 Perret, Frank Alword.
Folder 25 Peter, Robert.
Folder 26 Pettee, William Henry. Includes letter to Mr. Dewey, December 20, 1888.
Folder 27 Phillips, Alexander Hamilton.
Folder 28 Pilling, James Constantine.
Folder 29 Pinchot, Gifford.
Folder 30 Pirsson, Louis Valentine.
Folder 31 Plummer, Frederick Byron.
Folder 32 Plummer, Helen Jeanne.
Folder 33 Poch, Arturo Bofell y.
Folder 34 Poey y Aloy, Felipe.
Folder 35 Poincare, Henri.
Folder 36 Pompeckj, Josef Felix.
Box 15
Folder 1 Posepny, Bergarth Franz.
Folder 2 Pourtales, Louis Francois de.
Folders 3-5 Powell, John Wesley. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, November 23, 1883.
Folder 6 Prestwich, Joseph.
Folder 7 Prosser, Charles Smith.
Folder 8 Prudden, Theophil Mitchell.
Folder 9 Pumpelly, Raphael.
Folder 10 Rammelsburg, Karl Friedrich.
Folder 11 Ramsay, Andrew Crombie. Includes letter to G. F. Becker, October 21, 1895.
Folder 12 Ramsay, Wilhelm.
Folder 13 Rand, Theodore Dehon. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, November 1, 1888.
Folder 14 Ransome, Frederick Leslie.
Folder 15 Rath, Gerhard vom. Includes letters to anonymous correspondents, January 17, 1884 and April 10, 1887.
Folder 16 Rathbun, Richard. Includes letter to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, April 28, 1878.
Folder 17 Ravenel, William deC.
Raw, Frank. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 18 Redfield, William C. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, March 11, 1846.
Folder 19 Reeside, John B., Jr.
Folder 20 Remese, Morice.
Folder 21 Repossi, Emilio.
Folder 22 Resser, Charles Elmer.
Folder 23 Reusch, Hans.
Richards, Edwin Percy. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Richards, Harold S. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 24 Richardson, Charles Henry.
Folder 25 Richarz, Stephen.
Richter, Rudolf. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 26 Rinne, Friedrich Wilhelm Berthold.
Folder 27 Ritter, Carl.
Folder 28 Roberts, Elias H.
Folder 29 Robinson, Benjamin Lincoln.
Folder 30 Roemer, Ferdinand von.
Folder 31 Roepper, Wilhelm T.
Box 16
Folder 1 Rogers, Fairman.
Folder 2 Rogers, Gaillard Sherburne.
Folder 3 Rogers, Henry Darwin.
Folder 4 Rogers, William A.
Folder 5 Rogers-James Blythe, William Barton, Henry Darwin, and Robert Empie.
Folder 6 Romer, Alfred Sherwood.
Folder 7 Rominger, Carl Ludwig.
Folder 8 Rood, Ogden Nicholas.
Folder 9 Rosenbusch, Harry. Includes letter to anonymous correspondent, November 19, 1905.
Folder 10 Roth, Santiago.
Folder 11 Rothwell, Richard Pennefather.
Folder 12 Ruedemann, Rudolf.
Folder 13 Russell, Israel C. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, undated.
Folder 14 Ruthy, Frank.
Folder 15 Ruzicka, Robert.
Folder 16 Ryder, John A. Includes letter to George Brown Goode, July 18, 1889.
Folder 17 Sabatini, Venturino.
Folder 18 Sabine, Wallace Clement Ware.
Folder 19 Sahni, Birbal.
Folder 20 Sans, M. Faura I.
Folder 21 Saporta, Gaston, Marquis de.
Folder 22 Sardeson, Frederick William.
Folder 23 Sargent, Charles Sprague.
Folder 24 Sayles, Robert Wilcox.
Folder 25 Schaffer, Franz X.
Folder 26 Schmidt, Eduard Oscar.
Folder 27 Schmitt, Waldo LaSalle.
Folder 28 Schoolcraft, Henry Rowe.
Folder 29 Schott, Charles Anthony.
Folder 30 Schrader, Franz.
Folder 31 Schuchert, Charles.
Folder 32 Schweinitz, Emil Alexander de.
Folder 33 Schwengel, Jeanne Sanderson.
Folder 34 Schwinner, Robert.
Scudder, Samuel H. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 35 Sellers, William.
Folder 36 Selwyn, Alfred R. C. Includes letter to Spencer F. Baird, July 14, 1885.
Folder 37 Shaler, Nathaniel Southgate.
Shand, S. James. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 38 Shepard, Charles Upham.
Folder 39 Shideler, William Henry.
Folder 40 Shinn, William Powell.
Folder 41 Shipley, Sir Arthur Everett.
Folder 42 Shumard, Benjamin Franklin.
Folder 43 Sibley, Sir Franklin.
Folder 44 Silliman, Benjamin.
Folder 45 Silliman, Benjamin, Jr. Includes letters to Prof. Thaner (?), July 29, 1894 and Fred P. Dewey, March 10, 1882; and C. M. O'Hearn to Edgar Roscoe Cumings, October 17, 1955.
Simmons, Herbert Samuel. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 46 Simony, Friedrich.
Folder 47 Skinner, John.
Folder 48 Slavika, Frantiska.
Folder 49 Slocom, Arthur Ware.
Box 17
Folder 1 Smillie, Thomas W.
Folder 2 Smith, Alexander.
Folder 3 Smith, Burnett.
Folder 4 Smith, Edgar Fahs.
Folder 5 Smith, Erwin F.
Folder 6 Smith, Eugene Allen.
Folder 7 Smith, George.
Folder 8 Smith, John Lawrence.
Folder 9 Smith, Stanley.
Folder 10 Smith, Theobald.
Folder 11 Smith, William.
Folder 12 Smithson, James.
Folder 13 Smythe, Charles Henry, Jr.
Folder 14 Sorby, Henry Clifton.
Folder 15 Spallanzani, Lazzaro.
Folder 16 Springer, Frank.
Folder 17 St. John, Orestes Hawley. Includes letter to Albert Charles Peale, January 25, 1886.
Folder 18 Stanton, Timothy William.
Folder 19 Statuti, Augusto.
Staub, Rudolf. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 20 Stearns, Robert Edwards Carter.
Folder 21 Stebinger, Eugene.
Stebbing, William Pinckard Delane. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 22 Stefanini, Giuseppe.
Folder 23 Steinmann, Gustav.
Folder 24 Stejneger, Leonhard.
Folder 25 Stephenson, Lloyd William.
Folder 26 Sternberg, George Miller.
Folder 27 Stevenson, John James.
Folder 28 Stevenson, Matilda Coxe.
Folder 29 Stimpeon, William. Includes letter fragment to Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden, February 28, 1858.
Folder 29A Stock, Chester
Folder 30 Stockdale, Paris Buell.
Folder 31 Stockton, Charles Herbert.
Folder 32 Story-Maskelyne, Mervin Herbert Nevil. Includes an undated note.
Folder 33 Stratton, Samuel Wesley.
Folder 34 Strong, Moses.
Folder 35 Stumm, Erwin Charles.
Folder 36 Suess, Eduard. Includes a letter to anonymous correspondent, March 14, 1858.
Sujkowski, Zbigniew Leliwa. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 37 Sulc, Jaroslav.
Folder 38 Swain, George Fillmore.
Folder 39 Swallow, George Clinton.
Folder 40 Symes, Richard Glascott.
Folder 41 Taramelli, Torquato.
Folder 42 Tarr, Ralph Stockman.
Folder 43 Tarr, William Arthur.
Folder 44 Taylor, Frank.
Folder 45 Thevenin, Armand.
Folder 46 Thomas, Abram O.
Folder 47 Thompson, Zadoc.
Folder 48 Thomson, William.
Folder 49 Thurston, Robert Henry.
Folder 50 Tillyard, Robin John.
Folder 51 Tilton, John Littlefield.
Folder 52 Torrey, John.
Box 18
Folder 1 Trask, John B.
Folder 2 Triebel, Erich.
Folder 3 Troost, Gerard.
Folder 4 Trueman, Sir Arthur Elijah.
Folder 5 Trumbull, James Hammond. Includes letter to Henry T. Drowm (?), November 5, 1867.
Folder 6 Tuomey, Michael.
Folder 7 Twenhofel, William Henry.
Tyrrell, George Walter. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 8 Ulrich, Edward Oscar.
Folder 9 Vallisneri, Antonio.
Folder 10 Valpy, Robert Harris.
Folder 11 van der Gracht, W. A. J. M. Van Waterschoot.
Van Hise, Charles Richard. See under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 12 Van't Hoff, Jacobus Henricus.
Folder 13 Vanuxem, Lardner.
Folder 14 Vaughan, T. Wayland.
Folder 15 Vincent, Gerard.
Folder 16 Vogt, Johan Herman Lie.
Folder 17 Vonsen, Magnus.
Folder 18 Vrba, Karel.
Folders 19-20 Walcott, Charles D. Includes undated letter to George P. Merrill.
Folder 21 Walcott, Charles D. (Mrs.)
Folder 22 Walker, Thomas Leonard.
Folder 23 Wallerius, Johan Gottschalk.
Folder 24 Walther, Johannes.
Folder 25 Ward, Henry Augustus.
Folder 26 Ward, Lester Frank.
Folder 27 Washburn, Edward Wight.
Folder 28 Washington, Henry Stephens.
Watkins, David Edgar. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 29 Watkins, J. Elfreth.
Folder 30 Watson, Thomas Leonard. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, September 30, 1899.
Folder 31 Weaver, Charles Erwin.
Folder 32 Wehrli, Hans.
Folder 33 Weigelt, Jobannes.
Folder 34 Weller, Stuart.
Folder 35 Welling, James Clarke. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, August 26, 1893.
Folder 36 Wells, Horace Lemuel.
Folder 37 Wetmore, Alexander.
Folder 38 White, Charles Abiathar.
Folder 39 White, David.
White, Harold J. Osborne. See under Frederick Eugene Wright.
Folder 40 White, Maynard Pressley.
Folder 41 White, Theodore G.
Folder 42 Whiteaves, Joseph Frederick. Includes letter to Charles Schuchert, January 14, 1892.
Folder 43 Whitfield, Robert Parr. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, January 16, 1890.
Whitfield, Thomas Ward. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 44 Whitney, Francis Luther.
Box 19
Folder 1 Whittlesey, Charles.
Folder 2 Wilczynski, Ernest Julius.
Folder 3 Wiley, Harvey Washington.
Folder 4 Williams, George Huntington. Includes letters to George P. Merrill, March 5, 1881, July 21, 1893, and April 10, ?.
Folder 5 Williams, Henry Shaler.
Folder 6 Williams, James Steele.
Folder 7 Williams, John Francis.
Folder 8 Williams, William Mattieu.
Folder 9 Willis, Bailey.
Folder 10 Williston, Samuel Wendell. See also under Simon Newcomb, folder 2.
Folder 11 Wilson, Alice Evelyn.
Folder 12 Wilson, Thomas. Includes letter from George P. Merrill to Wilson, September 12, ?, and Wilson's reply, undated.
Folder 13 Wilson, William Powell.
Folder 14 Winchell, Alexander.
Folder 15 Winchell, Horace Vaugh.
Folder 16 Winchell, Newton Horace. Includes letter to the Director of the United States National Museum, November 9, 1885.
Folder 17 Wing, Augustus. Includes letter to James Hall, August 27, 1870.
Folder 18 Wolff, John Eliot.
Folder 19 Woodward, Arthur Smith.
Folder 20 Woodward, Harry Page.
Folder 21 Woodward, Robert S.
Folder 22 Woodward, Samuel.
Folder 23 Woodworth, Jay Backus.
Folder 24 Worthen, Amos Henry.
Folder 25 Wortman, J. L.
Folder 26 Wright, Albert Allen. Includes letter to George P. Merrill, November 2, 1892.
Folder 27 Wright, Charles E.
Folder 28 Wright, Edward Pulteney.
Folder 29 Wright, Frederick Eugene.
Folder 30 Wright, George Frederick.
Wright, James. See under Norman Levi Bowen.
Folder 31 Yahe, Hisakatsu.
Folder 32 Yeates, William S.
Zans, Verners Alexsandrs. See under Ray S. Bassler.
Folder 33 Zirkel, Ferdinand.
Folder 34 Zittel, Karl Alfred von.
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